Telephone-receiver holder.



A! WBTZEL.

TELEPHONE RECEIVER HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1912.

Patented Aug. 5, 1913.

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. user when the lips of the user 'are brought relative arrangement of parts, members and i in the drawing, andfinally pointed out invation ofvtelephone apparatus together with.

citizen of the United States, residing at Los' ceiver holders; and it has for its object to hel lifted from the hook of the telephone appa.

positioiias to supportthe receivenin proper permitting a nicety of calculation with respect to the varying dimensions of the heads --of users of a given telephone.

' a The invention hasfor'itsebject to pro-- set forth, which willbe superior in point of -m operation, convenience in use and instalview of the apparatus and means shown in v UNITED STATES, PATENT torment ANDREW wn'rznn'or Les. messes, e nnironnra y -'rnnnrnonn-imcnrvnnstopped,

7 '0 all it may concern Be it known that I, ANDREW WETZEL, a,

Angele's, Los Angel'e's county, and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Telephone-Receiver Hold-- 'ers, of'which the following is'a s ecification This invention relates to te ephone reprovide means whereb U the receiver" of a tele hone may be andconveniently in position for ilse while the "user of the telephone is facing and talking into the transmitten. I

In using the invention, th e receiver, when oh the means constitutm ratus is placed u 1011 are installed in sue the invention, w sition relative to the transmitter, wherey the receiver will 'fit over. the car of the into position adjacent to the transmitter;

- The improved hold' means are so or-'' ganized as to be capab e of adjustment'to somewhat va the position in which the receiver is hel relative to the transmitter,

vide improvedmeans of the general nature:

relative simplicity and inexpensiveness of construction and orgamzatlon, pdsltiveness" lation and detachment, and durability, and which will be generally superior in efiiciency. and serviceability.

With the above and other objects in view," the-invention as outlined above, consists in. the novel and useful provision, formation, construction, association,- combination and.

features, all as hereinafter described, shown the claim. In the drawing: Figure 1 is a front elethe holding means for the receiver thereof, all organised and arranged in accordance with the mvention; Fig. 2 is a top plan Fig. I: Fig. 3 is'a detall outer face View of one holdlng member of the apparatus shown s ecimen; or Lemrsaih 1 Application filed June 29, 1912. seri iir 'vee'ma 9, such pivotal connection including forked body 15 provided with .a

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n the other figuresy andFig. 4: is a front A face view of anotherholdingmember shown in the other figures. v

I Corresponding parts injall the figures are designated by the same'reference characters. Referring with particularity to the draw- -ing,A- designates the transmitter; B'the hook and'C the receiver of a ,t'eleph'onelinstrumeiit' or tele hone apparatus of'standard or any fpre erred type,- D desi 'natin holdingmeans for the receiver (Z. Th e trans:

phone instrument are", 7 s1 mitter A 'and associated features'pf the telelv 1 fas t d u on a wall-'orother. structure E, upon V 'lch the holding means :D'arealso mount- .ed, laterally of thetransinift't'er' holding-means D 'preferab'j mp 1.1se a lurality ofsupportmgmemfbers' fi' p, ether ,with two holding members, k and Z, .'chare connected'with the supporting member b; said holding members being relamay-adjustable to provide a proper fit for the receiver 0." In'ii'preferred andjsuitable form of organizationof the,holdiiig ineans 'D, the supporting membr fcomprises a plate or bracket which is'fit ted against and suitably secured to the walLE 'as.by holding devices 5, the member 9 consisting of an extended arm doubly pivotally connected, with the bracket f as at 6 and 7 seasto be capa- .ble of swinging in horizontal and vertical planes respectively, the pivotal connection 7 including a. wing nut 8 whereby the arm 5/ may be secured in position of verticzilfpivotal adjustment. The "member h preferably consists of an'ext'ended arm pivot-ally connected with the outer end of the arm g as at Y a wing nut 10 whereby the arm k may be fixed "in position of adjustment.

Atthe outer end vof the arm h is the holding member Z, which comprises forked body 11, vrtically.adjustably connected with the outer end of the arm h by a.

provide depending shank 12, having an elongated h,- and vis provided with a' wing nutdl9,

whereby the shank 16 may be held in position of adjustment upon the arm The forked bodv'll is, provided wiith in- 5 wardly ranging flanges. 11v formed to "fit over and receive the circular end of the receiver, which end is applied'to the-ear, and to firmly support that end of the receiver. The forked body 15 is formed to receive and 10. tightly engage with the body of the receiver in a transverse plane some distance removed from the-end of the receiver-Inst theadjustable mounting of the forked body- 11. The entire receiver when in use may be varied impositionas required to conform.

with obtaining working-conditions by pivot-.

ally. adjusting the ssupporting member g in either 2- vertical or horizontal plane, an by pivotally-swinging the supporting member It upon the outer- 3nd of the member g'; thus,

so the received-when upon the supporting means, may be brought'into accurate regis tration with. the ear of the user, and of-difextent-users, so that each user may establish the proper working relations between the month ,andzear and -the transmitter and the receiver respectively. I -In use,,=..the-=rec'e1ver 1s removedfrom the hook and droppedaor placed upon the hold-.-

ing fnelnbersslc and Z, the rounded working 40 end of the receive-1'; fitting snu gl within the flanged forked body of the mem er 1. Both hands of the user are thus left free for making notes or consulting the telephone dime-- tbry or other papers 'or sources ofinforinw tion, and the tiring action of manually supporting the receiver is entirely obviated.

The plane of the orifice'of the'receiver-is disposed substantially at-right angles with the, plane of 'the orifice of the transmitter,

as is'usual vvhenfthe receiver is manually PP r -Y "Ildo ot:desir'e to be understood as limiting' myself to the s'pecificcons truction, formation and organization-of the features of or the entire holding means embodying the invention as disclosed and described; but

reserve the right to vary the same in adapting the invention to varying conditionsof I service without, departing from the spirit of the invention orthe terms of the following claim':

Iclaim," A telephone receiver holder comprising a bracket adapted to be "connected with a wall or other su'pport,-a first arni doublypivot ally connected withsaidbracket, a second. arm pivotally connected with the. outer end of said first arm, means for securing each of said arms ,in' position of lpivotaladwstment,

"and relatively adjusta e receiver holdi'ng' members mounted upon the outer end "of said second. arm, each of said' 'holdingmembers comprising)? forked body, one ofsaid. forkedbodies, in'g'v adjustable lengthwise of said second arm,'jand; the other of'said' forked [bodies 'having 'fianges embracing the outer .end of there'ceiv'er and bemg'vertically adjustable.. K

.' In testimony wh llhave signed iny' namerto this specification in the presenceof so two subscribing witnesses; I -.AN1 REW E'TznL. Witnesses: t v h JOHN F. BROWN,

RAYMON I.

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